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Archive for 2013

May 2013

Thursday, May 16th, 2013

Loeb finalists announced; many were recent BiB winners

Special to SABEW PHOENIX- Finalists have been announced for the 2013 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. As in the past, many finalists being recognized have been recent winners in SABEW’s Best in Business competition. This year is no different. Below is a list of 2012 BiB winners who are now up for a Loeb.   Breaking News Category Finalists Tom ...[Read More]
Thursday, May 16th, 2013

New video tells the story of SABEW’s past 50 years

SABEW Staff Report PHOENIX--Commemorating SABEW’s 50th anniversary, the six-minute video, The History of SABEW retraces the events that have helped shape the organization. Founding member Gene Miller and Myron Kandel, two-time president, discuss SABEW’s founding and is early development. Other SABEW members and past presidents, including Phil Moeller, Gail DeGeorge, Bernie Kohn and Jodi ...[Read More]
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

Next Teletraining: “Covering the College Debt Crisis”

SABEW Staff Report PHOENIX, May 14, 2013 —Whether you are an experienced personal finance reporter or you’re just looking for local angles on the nation’s college debt crisis, this training call is for you. We’ll talk about what the key statistics to look at are, how to cut through the jargon, and stories that reporters can and should be looking for. To sign up for the call, click here. Instructions: ...[Read More]
Monday, May 6th, 2013

CUNY Publishing Institute is offering a five-day course on book publishing, June 3-7

Special to SABEW PHOENIX- Interested in publishing a book? The CUNY Publishing Institute is offering a five-day course that can help give you an edge in the fast-changing industry of book publishing. Representatives from Tumblr, Amazon, Knopf Doubleday and Hyperion-Disney are among those teaching the course. SABEW members can now receive a professional discount of $200 off the regular price. The ...[Read More]
Monday, May 6th, 2013

Ad for a Business Reporter at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review  Business Reporter  Full-time Position to be filled East Coast  Application deadline: 05/30/2013 Job description, qualifications, and HOW and WHERE TO APPLY: The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review seeks an experienced business reporter who brings vision, creativity and sophistication to daily coverage. We're looking for a strong writer who produces compelling ...[Read More]
Monday, May 6th, 2013

Board member Joanna Ossinger appointed to SABEW executive ladder

PHOENIX -- Joanna Ossinger, team leader for Bloomberg First Word, has been appointed to the executive ladder of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. Ossinger fills a vacated slot and becomes the organization’s secretary. Through the succession process, she is scheduled to become president of SABEW in 2016. Ossinger had been serving as a non-ladder member of the organization’s ...[Read More]

April 2013

Monday, April 29th, 2013

Past teletraining: Tips for great reporting and storytelling

Tips for great reporting and storytelling April 29, 2013 - 2 p.m. EST Listen to the Call: Click here to listen to the call. Moderator: Lisa Gibbs Lisa Gibbs is a senior writer at MONEY based in South Florida. Before joining the magazine in 2009, she covered the business world for a variety of Florida publications, including as Business Editor of the Miami Herald. She shared ...[Read More]
Monday, April 29th, 2013

Just a little publication called “The New York Times”

By: CODY LAGROW Obviously a modest man, David Barstow thinks his award winning work for something he referred to as “a little publication called The New York Times” was just responsible, necessary and plain-old watchdog journalism. As someone who currently writes for publications known only by his mother, I find him to be a very humble, brilliant man who is one of the best in his field. In summary, ...[Read More]
Monday, April 29th, 2013

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

By: CODY LAGROW Derek Jeter and Joe Flacco are two revered American athletes, acting as poster children of athletic achievement in the world of sports. Typically, the two appear on ESPN highlights, magazine covers or are the topic of many conversations at the local barbershop. The two are iconic, powerful and respected. But wouldn’t it be amazing to meet the boss’s boss. At the SABEW conference, ...[Read More]
Monday, April 29th, 2013

Next Teletraining: BIB winners: Tips for great reporting and storytelling

SABEW Staff Report PHOENIX, April 18, 2013 —  Join us on April 29th and gain insight into the reporting and storytelling process from three award-winning journalists. To sign up for the call, click here. Instructions: On the day of the call, dial 218-339-2626 and, when prompted, enter the access code 4058935 and you'll be put in to the call. Callers may only listen in to the panelists' ...[Read More]
Thursday, April 25th, 2013

Ad for a reporter at Crain Communications Inc.

Crain Communications Inc Reporter Full Time East Coast Vacancy to be filled Application deadline: 05/15/2013 Job description: We are looking for someone who is comfortable interviewing industry leaders as well as breaking news and identifying important trends and developments from document-based reporting. The ideal candidate will have three to five years of reporting and ...[Read More]
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

Two universities chosen to participate in the Reynolds Visiting Professor Program

SPECIAL TO SABEW PHOENIX- University of Oklahoma and California State University, Fullerton will host two visiting business journalism professors for the spring of 2014. This marks the third year that the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism has funded the placing of business journalism professors at universities around the country. The program aims to promote a stronger ...[Read More]
Friday, April 19th, 2013

SABEW’s Matchmaker: David Milstead Makes EBITDA Lovable

By KATIE BRENNAN WASHINGTON, D.C. — It takes particular skill to make an earnings statement breakdown entertaining, even to a bunch of financial journalists. Luckily, it’s a skill Toronto Globe and Mail correspondent David Milstead has successfully honed. In a presentation he aptly titled “From Earnings Reports to Investment Writing: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love EBITDA,” Milstead ...[Read More]
Friday, April 19th, 2013

For journalists, there’s no cookie cutter strategy when it comes to social media

By JENNER SMITH In this crazy, fast-paced and ever-changing world of social media, there is no cookie cutter method for how a news organization should approach its social media strategy. However, a panel of social media experts came together at SABEW’s 50th anniversary conference in Washington D.C. to weigh in on how news organizations can effectively distribute their news via these platforms ...[Read More]
Friday, April 19th, 2013

Wade earns Morrow business journalism scholarship at South Carolina

Special to SABEW COLUMBIA, S.C. - Cherrelle Wade, a senior majoring in mass communications, is the 2013 recipient of the David J. Morrow Scholarship for Business Journalism at the University of South Carolina. The Morrow scholarship is a partnership between the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of South Carolina and the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, ...[Read More]
Thursday, April 18th, 2013

Special poster, program from SABEW 50th anniversary conference available

SPECIAL TO SABEW For a limited time, you can purchase a specially designed, glossy poster as a remembrance of SABEW’s 50th anniversary. The 11-by-17 poster, hand-screened and printed on special glossy stock, features images of SABEW’s past presidents. It was prepared by graphic designer Lauren Steffens of Columbia, Mo., for the 50th conference on April 4-6 in Washington, D.C. The cost ...[Read More]
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

Phoenix will host SABEW’s 2014 annual conference March 27-29

SPECIAL TO SABEW PHOENIX – Phoenix will be the site of the 2014 annual spring conference of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, executive director Warren Watson announced today. The group’s 51st annual conference will be held March 27-29 at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication on the downtown campus of Arizona State University. The Cronkite ...[Read More]
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

SABEW to hold 2013 fall conference October 3-4

SPECIAL TO SABEW NEW YORK – SABEW will conduct its annual fall conference Oct. 3-4 at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. It will be the fourth year in a row for the collaboration between the 3,600-member organization of business journalists and one of New York’s premier universities. The conference will include an evening program and reception on Thursday, ...[Read More]
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

A panel of experts discuss the future of public media at SABEW’s 2013 conference

By JESSICA GOLDBERG WASHINGTON - Two leading figures in the public media stressed on Saturday at the 50th Annual Society of American Business Writers and Editors conference that in order for public media to survive it will need a variety of funding sources. The Future of Public Media session began in the morning during the third and final day of the conference. Dave Kansas a former SABEW president ...[Read More]
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

Leibowitz and Rubenstein discuss the brave new world of finance at SABEW’s spring conference

By KYLE O'DONNELL American finance is still strong despite some uncertainties in the market, said David Rubenstein, co-founder of the Carlyle Group, at the Brave New World of Finance presentation at the 50th Annual SABEW Conference. “Without a doubt, the best place to invest is the United States,” Rubenstein said. Readily available and low financing, ample exit strategies and a 3 percent ...[Read More]
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

College Connect: A financial milestone: paying off my car loan

By ALEX BACA I've waited for a long time to write these words: my car is paid off. At the beginning of February, I paid the remainder of my loan and gave myself a pat on the back. My car loan wasn't scheduled to be paid off for another year or so. But when my parents told me I had to take over the loan obligation after I graduated college, I vowed to pay back the loan as soon as I could. Why? ...[Read More]
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

College Connect: Grads Face Rough Job Market

By KATIE BRENNAN Here’s some distressing news for soon-to-be grads, since I’m sure that’s what you were hoping for. A report out this week from the Economic Policy Institute said there is little hope for young graduates. The depressing message: if you get a job, it’s going to be a low-paying entry-level position. The report admits it can’t tell the future and the job market is slightly ...[Read More]
Friday, April 12th, 2013

Hall becomes SABEW’s new president; seven elected to Board of Governors

Special to SABEW   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kevin Hall, chief economics correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers, is the new president of the 3,600-member Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW). He succeeded Jill Jorden Spitz, senior editor at the Arizona Daily Star, last week as SABEW celebrated its 50th anniversary at its April 4-6 conference here. Seven business journalists ...[Read More]
Thursday, April 11th, 2013

Top executives discuss the impact professional sports has on the economy at SABEW’s 2013 spring conference

By GARY HABER Washington -- Free agency, “Moneyball” and the role of stadia and arenas in economic development were among the topics on the roster when an all-star panel of sports executives spoke at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ 50th annual conference Friday. Within weeks after the Baltimore Ravens won Super Bowl XLVII in February, the team lost six of its starting ...[Read More]
Thursday, April 11th, 2013

Videos from SABEW’s 50th anniversary conference

Seth Berkman of CNBC created The History of SABEW. Cassie Cope, journalism student from the University of South Carolina, provided this short video documenting her groups experience in Washington, D.C....[Read More]
Thursday, April 11th, 2013

A student’s perspective of SABEW’s 2013 spring conference

The University of South Carolina was represented at SABEW's spring conference this year by five students and one professor. Rob Wells, professor of business journalism was able to attend with journalism students Lauren Rountree, Cherrelle Marquita Wade, Colin Matthew Campbell,Thad Moore and Cassie Cope, the 2012/2013 David Morrow Scholar. In addition to providing excellent coverage of a panel session, ...[Read More]
Thursday, April 11th, 2013

Online journalism poses challenges, but doesn’t require new ethical guidelines

By: WHIT RICHARDSON   WASHINGTON- Journalists have always wanted to be first with a scoop, but the pace of news-breaking has increased to such a point in the digital age that accuracy is sometimes sacrificed for being first. And that’s worrying, according to a panel of editors speaking during the 11th annual Klott Memorial Ethics Symposium. The symposium took place on the third ...[Read More]
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

Mad Money host Jim Cramer’s remarks at SABEW’s 50th Anniversary Gala

By JIM CRAMER (Jim Cramer, host of CNBC's Mad Money, addressed journalists at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers 50th Anniversary Gala on April 6, 2013. Here are his remarks.) First, thanks so much to our SABEW hosts. I am thrilled to be here on this 50th anniversary night and I am proud to be amongst the best of the best of our profession. When I first learned of this ...[Read More]
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

Top journalists and field experts discuss the growing burden of student loan debt at SABEW’s 2013 spring conference

By: LAUREN ROUNTREE WASHINGTON - Imagine the pressure a parent would feel when their child excitedly opens an acceptance letter from their dream university. Outside, you share their joy, but inside you wonder how you will pay the whopping tuition bill. Jane Clark, a senior editor for Kiplinger magazine, said these scenes are playing out in households across the country, a moment that could ...[Read More]
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

Top media executives discussed new business models for print publications at SABEW’s 2013 spring conference

By CHERRELLE WADE WASHINGTON- Top media executives said Friday that despite circulation declines, they were not rejecting their print businesses but boasted about major growth in digital news and other forms of digital media. “We believe strongly that print has a long future, and it is an important part of a rich portfolio we have to deliver,” said Kate Marymont, senior vice president for ...[Read More]
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

Is Tim Armstrong the Internet’s next comeback kid?

By CASSIE COPE WASHINGTON - AOL, Inc. CEO Tim Armstrong faces the challenge of bringing back a company that led the Internet roughly a decade ago.  Development of AOL’s local news site Patch and purchase of the Huffington Post website are ways Armstrong is seeking to make his mark. “We’re trying to do something really big and really bold in a space where most other people have given ...[Read More]
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

In SABEW panel, budget experts criticize Fed, politicians for handling of 2008 financial crisis

By COLIN CAMPBELL WASHINGTON —U.S. leaders missed key lessons from 2008 financial crisis and the nation will face another financial disaster unless it reduces the national debt and curtails the Federal Reserve Board’s aggressive support of Wall Street, two top budget experts said Thursday. This warning came from David Stockman, a former Reagan administration White House budget director, ...[Read More]
Monday, April 8th, 2013

Jim Cramer spoke to the changes in business journalism over the years at SABEW’s 50th Anniversary Gala

By BRANDON BROWN   WASHINGTON, April 6, 2013- The attendees of SABEW’s 50th Anniversary Gala were posed with a question from keynote speaker Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC’s Mad Money, is business journalism better or worse because of the Internet? “The web changed business journalism in so many ways,” Cramer said. “I truly think there is a BW and an AW, before web and after web.” Cramer ...[Read More]
Friday, April 5th, 2013

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen addressed journalists on the opening day of SABEW’s spring conference

By THAD MOORE   WASHINGTON —Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen said Thursday she looks forward to when the central bank can “put away our unconventional tools” that’s led to $85 billion in monthly bond purchases and record low interest rates to prop up the economy. Yellen, speaking to the Society of American Business Editors and Writers annual conference here, provided ...[Read More]
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013

2013 Washington, D.C.- Gala

SABEW’s 50th Anniversary Gala will be held at the Renaissance Mayflower’s State ballroom on April 6, 2013.   Individual Tickets: $150 per person. Individual tickets are available here. Please contact our Gala Coordinator Lacey Clements at clements@sabew.org or (301) 751-5227 for more information on sponsorship. SABEW 50th Anniversary Gala Sponsorship Platinum Level ...[Read More]
Monday, April 1st, 2013

Ad for Assistant Business Editor at the Star-Telegram

Star-Telegram  Assistant Business Editor Application deadline: June 1, 2013 Job Description: Assistant Business Editor to cover defense and aerospace industries in North Texas.  Should have experience covering a business beat in a competitive market, ability to assume editing duties. Five years reporting, writing and editing skills for digital and print. Ability to navigate government documents; ...[Read More]
Monday, April 1st, 2013

Ad for a Technology reporter at The Roanoke Times

The Roanoke Times Technology reporter Full-time Southeast Application deadline: Open Job description: The Roanoke Times seeks a savvy reporter to cover Western Virginia’s growing technology community and other regional business stories. We want a reporter to write about nationally recognized companies and small startups born out of research at Virginia Tech, home to one of the nation’s ...[Read More]
Monday, April 1st, 2013

Three long-time business journalists will be honored at SABEW’s 50th anniversary gala

Special to SABEW   PHOENIX – Three business journalists, including a founding member, will be honored with SABEW President’s Awards at the 50th annual spring conference of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in Washington, D.C., April 4-6. Founding member Gene Miller, of Boca Raton, Fla., will be joined by Myron Kandel and Martha Steffens.  Kandel, of New York ...[Read More]

March 2013

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

List of Exhibitors, Sponsors and Speakers attending the 2013 spring conference

Pauline Abernathy, Director of National Policy and Advocacy Strategy, The Institute for College Access and Success Zoe Ambargis, Chief, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis' Regional Input-Output Modeling System (RIMSII) Linda Austin, Executive Director, Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism Jeannine Aversa, Chief, Public Affairs and Outreach, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Marty ...[Read More]
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Ad for a Business Reporter with the Seattle Times

The Seattle Times Business reporter Full time West Coast Vacancy to fill Application deadline: April 8, 2013 Job description & Qualifications: The Seattle Times is looking for an experienced, high-end reporter with proven business reporting and writing skills who can help our newsroom demonstrate to readers why our journalism is indispensable. Candidates should have a minimum ...[Read More]
Monday, March 25th, 2013

Attendee list from the 2013 spring conference in Washington, D.C.

To see our attending exhibitors, sponsors and speakers, click here. Regular attendee list Becket Adams, Business/Finance Editor, TheBlaze.com Ferdous "Danny" Al-Faruque, Editor, FDA News Brad Allen, Economics & Business Journalist, Freelance Kevin Allenspach, Reporter, St. Cloud Times Andrea Susan Anderson, Editor, The Food Institute Susan Antilla Binyamin Appelbaum, Washington ...[Read More]
Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Cope found inspiration from esteemed journalist Morrow

By CASSIE COPE The impacts of business journalism travel from Wall Street to dirt roads in rural South Carolina. Esteemed business journalist David J. Morrow demonstrated how to be the best in the industry and his memory as a tenacious reporter and encouraging editor motivates students like me aspiring to succeed in business journalism. I dabbled in business journalism the summer after my ...[Read More]
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Recording is now available for teletraining session: How to Cover the Sequester and How to Find Local Angles on the Story

  How to Cover the Sequester and How to Find Local Angles on the Story Monday, March 18, 2013 Below are instructions on how to listen to the call on your computer or your telephone. • To listen to the recording on your computer, click here. *This is an MP3 digital audio file, which can be played with any digital audio player supporting MP3 playback (e.g. Windows Media Player, ...[Read More]
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Past teletraining: How to Cover the Sequester and How to Find Local Angles on the Story

How to Cover the Sequester and How to Find Local Angles on the Story March 18, 2013 - 2 p.m. EST  Learn how to put a local spin on the national sequester. Listen to the Call: Click here to listen to the call. Moderator: Bernie Kohn, Team Leader, Bloomberg News, Washington, D.C. and former SABEW president Bernie Kohn is a team leader at Bloomberg News’s Washington bureau overseeing ...[Read More]
Friday, March 15th, 2013

2013 Board of Governors Candidates

By SABEW Staff PHOENIX, March 15, 2013 -- SABEW members will be casting online ballots for candidates running for the Board of Governors for the Society of American Business Editors and Writers starting today at 8 p.m. Eastern time until 4 p.m. Saturday, April, 6. Seven candidates will vie for seven board slots, six three-year terms ending in the spring of 2016 and one two-year term ending in ...[Read More]
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

Skills sessions, keynoters, panels featured at SABEW DC conference April 4-6

SPECIAL TO SABEW WASHINGTON, D.C.- Major CEOs. Top government officials.  Leading business journalists. A popular television personality. Those will be the featured attractions at the April 4-6 spring conference of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, to be held at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Tim Armstrong, CEO of AOL, will be the first keynote speaker ...[Read More]
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013

2013 Board of Governors Candidate- Chris Peacock

Chris Peacock Chris Peacock is executive editor and vice president of CNNMoney, Time Warner’s leading business and finance destination with 13 million monthly visitors. Since joining in 2004, Peacock has led CNNMoney’s editorial strategies and award-winning web site and products. In each successive year, he initiated dramatic broadening of CNNMoney coverage, including new technology and economy ...[Read More]
Monday, March 11th, 2013

David Dietz, Bloomberg News Investigative Reporter, Dies at 70

By STEPHANIE SALTER  June 6, 2012 (Bloomberg) -- David Dietz, a journalist who found his calling in public service investigative reporting, died June 1 at his home in Healdsburg, California. He was 70. The cause was cancer. Dietz, a senior writer for Bloomberg Markets magazine, joined Bloomberg News in 2001. His last major story, in March, revealed how some companies cheated the poor by misusing ...[Read More]
Monday, March 11th, 2013

2013 Board of Governors Candidate- Gary Silverman

Gary Silverman Gary Silverman is the US deputy managing editor and US news editor of the Financial Times. Based in New York, he is responsible for US news coverage and also writes a weekly “Notebook” column on politics and business. Previously, Gary served as a London-based marketing correspondent for the FT, as well as its US banking editor in New York. Before joining the ...[Read More]
Friday, March 8th, 2013

19 chosen to receive SABEW scholarships

SPECIAL to SABEW PHOENIX – Nineteen journalists have been chosen to receive scholarships to attend SABEW’s 50th anniversary conference in Washington, D.C., April 4-6. Funding came from four separate sources – SABEW’s Dave Morrow and Benita Newton funds, plus charitable contributions from the Goldschmidt Family Foundation and the SABEW Chair at the University of Missouri, according to ...[Read More]

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